Trends in drug resistance, serotypes, and molecular types of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing preschool-age children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal: A summary of 4 years of annual surveillance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1285-1293

  Nunes, S ^a   Sa Leao R ^a   Carrico J ^b   Alves, C R ^a   Mato, R ^a   Brito Avo A ^c   Saldanha, J ^d   Almeida, J S ^b,f   Santos Sanches, I ^a,e   De Lencastre, H ^a,g  

^a Lab de Genética Molecular   (United States)

^b Grupo de Biomatemática   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DAY CARE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 20144370829     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1285-1293.2005     Document Type: Article

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